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Teofilo Abueva vs PEOPLE

TEOFILO ABUEVA Y CAGASAN, petitioner, vs. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, respondent.

G.R. No. 134387 | 2002-09-27

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for review seeks the reversal of the decision[1] of the Court of Appeals dated November 27, 1997, in CA-G.R. No. 18212 and its resolution[2] dated May 20, 1998, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration. The assailed decision affirmed that of the trial court in Criminal Case No. 28091-92, finding petitioner guilty of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide.[3] Petitioner now prays for acquittal.

Petitioner Teofilo Abueva y Cagasan was charged before the Regional Trial Court of Davao City, in an information which reads:

That on or about August 7, 1992, in the City of Davao,...